For Better (since I don't want to be bitter).

I don't really mind being left behind, at all...

As long as there's someone out there who's willing stay with me as I continue taking this journey, until I can finally reach the finish line.

Anyway, it's not how long or short the time it took you to fulfill every detail of your race. It is with HOW you do it, and WHAT you do while you're at it.
Besides: the fact that you are taking this particular path instead of a different one certainly means something much important—everything happens for a reason, won't people say? And, as I would like to add up, each reason has its own BRIGHTEST side; that's for sure.

:))) Smile. "You'll find that life is still worthwhile," after all.